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Show The fecond Booke of thefirstpart Chariogqta Cu A PAO.§.4ct 3.) ne name What name alfo Baz/ the Idoll.wa g What belonging toReuben: fo called from the Hill Peo : from whence chiefe plage.of whofe wor- -y silat :the Priapws fameas the was fay called Baal-Peor, which,they of whichalfo lof... in the Cities of Remben : not appeare : Bamoth-Bahaly fhip feemesto haue beene reade, the highplaces of Baal ( fortothe word fignifieth) to but«ne they ereens.‘ira tortified by ee oo. "hr euery way ynacceflible. It was firft by Gabimias, intnews' ae te eo ahs . y 4 Py olifhed tier againft the ‘Arabians: but itwasdem hus) thar Hered fent ohn B april qos Wae 20fep faith ( her faith Jofephus. Tewas thit * .i g viterly ouerthrowne by A? ae * ing was : or was {laine : his armie foone after bein us 3 at 4 from arre Notf profpering. and himfelfe afterthis murther neuet vponlor s Liuia it e neer vee forwhich Wwm.22-4.1. whichplace Balak firftbrought Ba/aam to curfe the Ifraclites. g to the Leuires, gr Boziaatowne ofrefuge,and belongin 8% er of Tiberius Csa . oe honour of Linia the moth d built in Hero whic pe asis he hNort h ofLiui ; Bieich, dan, To't Setim, or Sittimswhere the childten of Hrael.em mie ;: easpierced the body of Zrmrs 2 As z phin daughters of Midian or Moab:and where by the faultofthe Prin calied Mede- ¥4 orth ixhad Laban(in Junius Edition,Libi as:and {ome confoundit with Linias,ofwhich Bache the fame which the Geographers call hie plaines of Me- enen now we {pake. efyria, it had Theophel: Alfo onthe fanie North fiderowardsthe confines of Coel eemeatien n the region of Decapolis; h wasi alfo wee reade whereabout fometimePella of Coelefyria ftood : whic notedin Afofes to bee ouct 2 alfo indliewarsof and as stephanus {aith,was fometimiecalled Buris Itisthe Red Hainwn the Sea, as alfo eT : is ar hath gainftorneere vnto Suph; for which the Vulg er : whereasin this place of Dewteromonsitt * j Rien, tranflateth the word Suphahinlike mann Hebrew to fignifie the Sea: and yet the Seriprutes™ ‘o in the ofany worn,d vfet additionfoto 1(een97-s jsthisnowordis h the addition of Azara, thereby to diftinguithit oe . be take 36hfie BP, e plaines of Moab tow i a region ofSuphor Suphah : which doubtleffe was about thef efore thus called:as4 ther was des, ofree ll beingfu trie the dead Sea : wherethe Coun the red Sea was called 4are Suph,forlike reafon. Z s made thofe diuine exhortat Theplacein thefe large plaines ofMoab, where Adofe on 1S ps ONS, fornc {ay was Bethabara where Johe baptized, whichinthe Storie of Gide lub.r28, e Jordan;! of neer d, a ftoo e Abil Citi rthe e afte wher was it fayes week | led Beth-bara. Jofephus es ifittim in the Plaines)?" HANAT* Lace fer with Palmetre : whichfure was the fame as Abel imwhichisreckon¢ y fath haim Beland -fac t Moab, Numb.3,3.49.(tha fomecall Abel place ofthe Tfraclites incamp!ng in a Ato/es in thatplace ofNumbers forthe 42.andlatt im; which word if we (hould interprets ¥ time of Mofes : This place is al{o called Sitt chomins andothets fhouldrather bringit from Cedars,than from Thornes, with Adri . was the wood of whichthe Arke of the Tabernacyle was made {con Citics, Nebo, Baal-N "Adak e of thee plaines of Moab;the plac the 2 Toward the Baft athaimathe feate a & Gliaad Sibma anid Hesbonthe chiete City of Schon,and Elhahel, Kiri that the names we note a gine es to s feem Azo/e GiantsEmim.OF the twofirlt of thefé Nuwar: trie. For Nebo (in ftea : 23-13: to be changed: becaufe they tafted ofthe Moabites.* Idola e of their Idoll-Oracle® Exod: rel wehich duaius,E/,46.1.rceades Deus vaticinus )- was the nam e 2 the Hill Neboin thele P* : ordavninisne Baal-mcon isthebabitation ofBaal. Ofthe faine Idoll was h thecommon ‘Tranflators call Phafgehs is from whofe vop, whic chats denominaeted:deathfa wall the Land of Canaan beyond Iordan. In which ftorie ei fesbefor his rvs. e, fumnanine eo doch not take Phafgah oz Pifgah, forany propername: but for an appellatiu fig™ , g viemn i labys . ere weis,ofatp. RELL s and fo alfa Vatablus in fomeplaces, as Num.21.20, where hee not h , : anne. neni Call Pifgah thattop which lookethto Iericho,and Hairas it looketh to Moab, W dnpsy ua Babaliimno. a ; . ie nike anti me ceed oetems HON May beal fomewhat ftrengthened by thename ofa Citie of Reuben mentor watt peat + t where Wit, to : Pi/ge deeur/us muchas whichisas 20 Called Aihdoth-Pifga, , : ; eee h did runnedowne from Pifgay Inithe fame place of Zo/wa therc is alfo named Bet Flo ‘ named fome- lil, time Bayth,as Ef-1s., aeaee Cad ime Bethe Of diners places bordering Renben belonging 0 Midian, Moab or Edam. agsEaia® 23+ T. them,when they were 1 the nic " neta with his {peare,bringing due vengeance vpon ers toview lerico, ftaying here! vntill nee ouer Difc the finne sand fromhence /of#a feat mwhichin this place Adrichomins onen. of, went ouer Jordan. As for the Torrent Seti s¥ _ : The vulgar hath terreatemfranci m Seti m ente reading Joel 3.18. irrigabit sorr rthe sutto ; aan Can im e plac cular parti any for t ius, vallem Cedrorum: expounding itno at Rel t 3 t Bie ig2. Pfal rs, sthe Ceda Charchyin which the iuft being placed,growa ed Theplaines of Moab,w here heexpouine Tlie plaine Countrie hereabout,by 440/¢scall e before his death,isin the beginningot dedthe Book ofDeuteronomie tothe peoplea littl Deut-34.Te South it hadthe great pee . he Ont s. 44gé by ded the {ame book precifely boun Chatferoth,& Dizahab (of which had it Eaft ran where they had long wandred.On the in Paleftinaj the later was a Tradbe-2 two the formeris that Gazorus, of which Ptolomiz * Mezahab,of which paises ee e was wher ca, eenwhich longing tothe Nabathei in Arabia Petra Weft ithad Jordan; and ont ¢ the On ba. and Meda aun.it30.is by the Geographers called Medaua t,Lamban, Dewberonst) Nii.d§ite fi theHiftorie ofthe World,| 16 T= were befidesthefediners places ofnote ouer Arnon, which adioyned to * Sam.25.uult. Reuben: amongft whichthey, place Gallim, the Citic of Phalti: to whom Saul gauc hisDaughter.séichol, from Dawid ;butJunzas thinkes this Towneto. be, in beniamin: gathering fo much.outofE/4y.10. verferg.where itisnamed among the Cities-of Benianrin.. With berterreafon perhaps out of Wa0.21.u-19: wee may fay that Atathana and Wabaliel were in thofe confines of Reuben : through whichplaces the. Ifiaclires paftafterthey had lefrthe Well called Beer :.Then Deblathaim which the Prophet Hie~ ; yemie roeatneth with the reft of the Cities of Moab. Madianalfois found, in thefe.parts,thechiefe Citie ofthe Madianites in 4toab: but not Hievem 48; that Adédian or Madian-by the Red Sea.; wherein /ethrointabited. For ofthe Madianites 30 there were.two Nations, of whichthefe ofAdeab-became Idolaters, andreceiued an-ex- ceeding ouerthrow by a.Regiment oftweluc thoufand Ifraelires,fent by. Asgyes out ofthe plaines of 4¢oab:at-{uchtime as //rael began to accompanie their Daughters + their fiue Kings with Ba/aam the Soothfayex were then flaine : and their Regall. Citie with. the reft deftroyed. The other Madianites over whom /ethro.wasPrince,orPrieft, forgat not the Godof4brahamtheir Anceftorsbutrelieuéd & aflifted the Mraclites in their painfull frauailes through the Deferts;and were in all that paflage their, guides. Inthe South borderofAZoab adioyning.to Edom,and{ometime reckoned asthe chiefe City ofEdom,there Eai.16.i- istharPetvewhiclvin she Scripturesiscalled Se/ah,whichisas much asirages or petra. It *SS747- wasalfoxalled Zoctheel, as. appeares by theplace 2 Reg.14.It was built (faith Jofephss) by Lib.4Antz- 0 Recem,one of thofefiue Kings of the Madianites,flaine as before is faid :after.whom it wascalled Recem:! Now they fay.it is callediGra¢and.asozera.. The SoldansofEzyer,for theexceeding ftrengrluthereof, kepttherein all. their trealuresof Egypt.and 4rabia : of which itisthe-firftaad firongeft Citie: the fame perhaps which Plime and Strabo call Nabatheaswhencealfothe Prouince.adioyning tooke name, :...whichnamefeemesto haute. beenetaken at firtt from, Aab2iorh the fonne.of Abraham by Kethura. ForNabathes isno wherexnderftood forall dxabia Petrea,( atleaftwhereitisnotmifunderitaod). butiris that Prouinccwhichneighbouretyedea,, For Pharaz inhabited by Jveael; whole peo- ple Pralemie callcth/Pharanires,in Read ofIfmaelites,and all thofe Territories of the Cu- fites; Madianires, Amalekites,Lfmaglices,Edomites,or, Idumzans,the Lands ofAtoab, Amz- ho mon, Hus, Sin, and of Og, King of Ba/an, were parts of Arabia Petrea.: thoughit beealfo true, thatfome partofArabia the Defert belonged tothe Amalekites, and I{maclites: all 1 ¢rm.5-va19 which Nationsthe Scriptures in the firft of Chronicles the fift calls Hagarens of Hagar, © ** This Gitic Petra, Scaurns befieged with the Roman Army,& finding theplace in thew impregnable,he wasContent by the per{wafion ofAutipater,to take acompofition ofmonieandroquirit: Yet dmafizs king ofJudacafter he hadflaughtered 19000, 0f the Arabiansittthe valley called.salinarum)wamalfo this City. S.Ai¢rome,findes Ruth the Moabite 4@benaturall of this-City. In the meanetime when the Chriftians heldthe Kingdomef Suil1yr-26, Hiersfalemdt had a Latine Bi/bop,hauing before,been vnder the. Greeke Church, Itis {eared tO nor fantiem Hor where A4rox.died,& onthe otherfide towards the Northis the river ofDette Fo SaradonBered, by.which.sto/es incamped in the,38, Station. Adrichomius de{cribeth the Wattis oh A4ewrite..or rather Newrim,in.his.Map of kesbex, not farhence,and betweene ZsredandAraenand.fo hee dosh the Valley, of Save: but the waters of. Wémera,or Béth- Ninna (hor sxhich it eemes Adnichomine writ. Nerim)refreth the plaines of Adoat, : and Num.3233 the confluence ofthole waters of Wire areinghe Tribe of Ged.Saue alfoicanot be found 14/:13.27. inthis place that'is,tothe South of 4raon,and.vnder Atidian,Forafter Abrahamreturned Hie 35K from theipuriuit of the A flyrian and Perfian Princes the King of Sodom met, him in,the Valleyiofsaue,or Sauep, whichis the Kings Dale, where 44/alom fet yp his Monument, asit Kemes,not farre from Hierwfalem. Andatthefame time Ate/chizedec King of Salem, Li2 alfo |